The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — November 2070
Highlights this month
- 5WedSouthern Taurids meteor shower peaks (up to 5/hr). A thin 5% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- 11TueMars in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (5:32am)
- 16SunThe Moon passes Jupiter — 1° apart. (7:19am)
- 17MonLeonids meteor shower peaks (up to 15/hr). A bright 99% Moon interferes badly this year.
- 18TueMercury at greatest evening elongation (23° from the Sun, mag −0.3) — best evening apparition. (12:36am)
- 27ThuMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (8:09pm)
Sun & twilight
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Astro. dark begins | ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1 | 6:12am | 7:55pm | 13h 43m | 9:34pm | 4:34am |
| Mon 10 | 6:03am | 8:05pm | 14h 02m | 9:48pm | 4:20am |
| Thu 20 | 5:55am | 8:16pm | 14h 21m | 10:04pm | 4:08am |
| Sun 30 | 5:51am | 8:26pm | 14h 36m | 10:19pm | 3:59am |
Days lengthen by about 53 minutes over the month.
The Moon
- New MoonMon 3, 9:48am
- First QuarterTue 11, 2:24pm
- Full MoonTue 18, 4:45pm
- Last QuarterTue 25, 7:18am
Apogee 7 Nov (405,800 km) · Perigee 19 Nov (358,800 km)
The planets
Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.
| Planet | In | Mag | Rise | Transit | Set | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Oph | −0.3 | 7:06am | 2:37pm | 10:08pm | Hidden |
| Venus | Sco | −3.7 | 6:32am | 1:44pm | 8:57pm | Hidden |
| Mars | Lib | 1.5 | 5:56am | 12:59pm | 8:02pm | Hidden |
| Jupiter | Psc | −2.6 | 5:20pm | 11:00pm | 4:45am | Evening |
| Saturn | Vir | 0.6 | 4:55am | 11:22am | 5:49pm | Hidden |
| Uranus | Oph | 5.8 | 7:45am | 3:06pm | 10:28pm | Evening |
| Neptune | Gem | 7.8 | 11:46pm | 4:39am | 9:28am | Morning |
Meteor showers
- Southern Taurids — peaks 5 November, radiant in Taurus (up to 5/hr). Sparse but rich in slow fireballs over a long, broad maximum. A thin 5% Moon leaves the sky dark.
- Leonids — peaks 17 November, radiant in Leo (up to 15/hr). Fast meteors; the radiant rises after midnight and is moderate from the south. A bright 99% Moon interferes badly this year.
The solar system — November 2070
Evening sky Morning sky Up much of the night Lost in the Sun’s glare
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Generated automatically from the MPAS sky engine on 18 August 2026.